Short Stories from the New Yorker
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Contents The girls in their summer dresses by Irwin Shaw Over the river and through the wood by John O'Hara The secret life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber The net by Robert M. Coates Home atmosphere by Sally Benson A toast to Captain Jerk by Russell Maloney Kroy Wen by Kay Boyle Nice girl by Sherwood Anderson H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N, samaritan by Leonard Q. Ross Prelude to reunion by Oliver La Farge A small day by Erskine Caldwell Midsummer by Nancy Hale The door by E.B. White Tourist home by Benedict Thielen Arrangement in black and white by Dorothy Parker The courtship of Milton Barker by Wolcott Gibbs Homecoming by William Maxwell Only the dead know Brooklyn by Thomas Wolfe The works by Nathan Asch Do you like it here? by John O'Hara Conversation piece by Louise Bogan The fury by Robert M. Coates Venetian perspective by Janet Flanner Ping-pong by St. Clair McKelway The three veterans by Leane Zugsmith Wet Saturday by John Collier Soldiers of the republic by Dorothy Parker Houseparty by Walter Bernstein All the years of her life by Morley Callaghan The explorers by Jerome Weidman The old lady by Thyra Samter Winslow A matter of pride by Christopher La Farge Love in the snow by Joel Sayre. Profession : housewife by Sally Benson The great manta by Edwin Corle My sister Frances by Emily Hahn Accident near Charlottesburg by William A. Krauss In honor of their daughter by John Mosher The test by Angelica Gibbs Goodbye, Shirley Temple by Joseph Mitchell Honors and awards by James Reid Parker Pastoral at Mr. Piper's by Mollie Panter-Downes Man and woman by Erskine Caldwell Main currents of American thought by Irwin Shaw The knife by Brendan Gill The pelican's shadow by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Incident on a street corner by Albert Maltz Such a pretty day by Dawn Powell Portrait of ladies by Mark Shorer Parochial school by Paul Horgan I am waiting by Christopher Isherwood A letter from the Bronx by Arthur Kober Little woman by Sally Benson The apostate by George Milburn Sailor off the Bremen by Irwin Shaw Barmecide's feast by Marc Connelly Fish story by Donald Moffat I've got an anchor on my chest by R.H. Newman The happiest days by John Cheever Black boy by Kay Boyle The nice Judge Trowbridge by Richard Lockridge Love in Brooklyn by Daniel Fuchs The great-grandmother by Nancy Hale Chutzbah by Jerome Weidman Mr. Palmer's party by Tess Slesinger A different world by Robert M. Coates Are we leaving tomorrow? by John O'Hara The getaway by Dorothy Thomas.
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George Milburn
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Robert M. Coates
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Erskine Caldwell
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Mollie Panter-Downes
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Emily Hahn
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William Maxwell
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Dorothy Thomas
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Joel Sayre
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Marc Connelly
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Edwin Corle
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Mark Schorer
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Wolcott Gibbs
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
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Christopher Isherwood
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Arthur Kober
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Albert Maltz
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Thyra Samter Winslow
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James Thurber
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McKelway, St. Clair
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Jerome Weidman
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Brendan Gill
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Christopher La Farge
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James Reid Parker
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Leane Zugsmith
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Tom Wolfe
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Benedict Thielen
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John O'Hara
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R. H. Newman
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Russell Maloney
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John Cheever
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Angelica Gibbs
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Sherwood Anderson
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Sally Benson
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E. B. White
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John Collier
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Donald Moffitt
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Louise Bogan
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Joseph Mitchell
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New Yorker.
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Walter Bernstein
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John Mosher
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Richard Lockridge
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Paul Horgan
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Oliver La Farge
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Dawn Powell
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Irwin Shaw
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Dorothy Parker
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Morley Callaghan
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Leonard Q. Ross
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Kay Boyle
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Daniel Fuchs
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William A. Krauss
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Tess Slesinger
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Nathan Asch
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Janet Flanner
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Nancy Hale
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